Us here in united states, canada and around the world. Im kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Hurricane ida is barreling towards the united states, gaining strength as it turns northward right now through the guchl of mexico. The storm whipped Western Cuba as a category 1 On Friday and is expected to become a dangerous category 3 or 4 this weekend, putting the northern Gulf Coast states on high alert. Hurricane warnings are posted for parts of louisiana and massachusetts coasts and evacuations are under way. Forecasters say ida will likely slam in New Orleans on the anniversary of hurricane at katrina. Joining is meteorologist Karen Mcquinn this, whats the latest. Forward to the hurricane advisory, theyre complete updates that came in at 5 00, they say extremely dangerous major hurricane. Those four words. If they dont get your attention and you are not from louisiana, please take heed at that. Because this is probably going to coach the coast as a category 4. This has been very consi
Troubling new details on just how contagious the now dominant the variant is the most case count. And new fear on Capitol Hill, ahead of a right Wing Rally that is set for next month. The new Security Procedures that could soon be headed back to the capitol complex. It is saturday, august 28th. Again, thank you so much for waking up with us. Good morning, phil. Good morning, christi. Good to see you. No shortage of news. Thanks for having me this morning. I know. God bless you, because we have so much to talk about today. First of all, lets talk about the State Of Emergency along the Gulf Coast. The u. S. Gearing up for what looks to be a Monster Storm heading towards the coastal u. S. And the direct Eye It on louisiana. Hurricane ida has already entered the gulfs warm waters, and we mean warm, its a category 1 storm at the moment. But it could spin into a dangerous category 4 just before it makes landfall tomorrow, thats important, 16 years to the day that Hurricane Katrina terrorized
a major heat wave in store for the pacific northwest and growing fire concerns for the drought-stricken southwest. let s get to meteorologist chad myers. chad? john, a remarkable heat wave about to occur in the northwest. also, british columbia as well. hundreds of record highs will be broken without a doubt. to the east there will be some severe weather. but this remarkable heat wave across the west is going to happen thursday, friday, saturday, and into sunday and then at the same time we re going to get almost 10 inches of rain in parts of missouri. one side across the country to the other. seattle has only been over 100 degrees three times in history. the forecast is for three times again by monday. new day continues right now. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman on this new day. combatting crime, president biden taking action to address a surge in big city violence. democrats strategizing their next move after senate republicans knocked down, even debating,
Ships in the world is still blocking the suez canal. Welcome, everyone. The world is looking on myanmar, with horror, the day after Security Forces reportedly killed 114unarmed civilians. It is, by far, the Bloodiest Day of military violence, since the coup last month. Aid groups fear, the realdeath toll is, probably, much higher. This all happened, on the day that myanmars top general promised to, quote, protect civilians, and uphold democracy. But instead, according to localnews reports, Security Forces killed people, in 44 towns across the country. And they didnt just target protestors. Several children are among the dead. One victim, a 13yearold girl, reportedly, gunned down in her own home. Now, myanmars u. N. Envoy calls it a massacre, and is begging for realinternational action. The defense chiefs of the u. S. , uk, canada, and several other nations, releasing a rarejoint statement, condemning myanmars military. Heres one example of how brutal the violence is. A warning, for you
Been renounced. Now they democratic squad speaking out about how vulnerable they feel in the wake of the capitol hill rights. Working with republican lawmakers they claim could be violently dangerous. Nancy pelosi giving them 60 minutes to express their lived experience. Democratic congressman philip saying that he is realizing how frightening the riots must have been for his nonwhite colleagues. I am here tonight to say to my Brothers And Sisters in congress and all around our country. Im sorry. Im sorry. For i had never understood, really understood, what privilege really means. It took a violent mob of insurrectionists and a Lightning Bolt moment in this very room. Shannon hello, welcome to fox news night, Shannon Bream and washington. Chief breaking news correspondent Trace Gallagher starts us off with the stories were hearing tonight. Some skeptics say theyre not all completely factual. A good evening. Good evening come out the back and forth between alexandria ocasiocortez and g.